Here you go, Sumantra ......new (unseen) one of 86512, this time at Paris Orly.

Cool.

Did AI actually use the leased IL-62 regularly on India-Paris operations or was this just a one-off?_________________I don't know which is the more pampered bunch : AI's widebodies (the aunties) or Jet's widebodies (the planes).
-Jasepl

Here you go, Sumantra ......new (unseen) one of 86512, this time at Paris Orly.

My God...an amazing find, 747-237! I? really wonder how you can simply unearth these beauties at the drop of a hat. And one at Orly that too: on a possible rare substitution from SVO.
Cheers, Sumantra.

Oh my God...this is as rare as rare can be! The thrust reversers...and which airport is this? At first glance, this looks like Terminal-F at SVO. Amazing find, with a great angle! Thank you for sharing this with us.
Cheers, Sumantra.

Oh my God...this is as rare as rare can be! The thrust reversers...and which airport is this? At first glance, this looks like Terminal-F at SVO. Amazing find, with a great angle! Thank you for sharing this with us.
Cheers, Sumantra.

Yes, I think you might be right on the airport & terminal, my friend._________________

What gets me not-so-sure is the Mercury minivan (a bit incongruous for the Soviet Union, even though we are talking about the Glasnost era). If this is indeed SVO Temrinal-F, this is almost the exact spot from where the highly popular SU 234 SVO-DEL A332 service sets out from. These are the far gates to the right, with the boundary wall a bit jagged and non-uniform here.
Cheers, Sumantra.